• The Main Event: Identifying the Main Idea and Supporting Details in Nonfiction

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    The Main Event: Identifying the Main Idea and Supporting Details in Nonfiction

    Use this reading extension activity to help students determine the difference between the main idea and supporting…

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  • Where Are the Wild Things: Maurice Sendak

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    Where Are the Wild Things: Maurice Sendak

    Share the story of Maurice Sendak with your students, and assign the related activities to help them learn more about…

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  • Know Your Author, Title and Subject Cards

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    Know Your Author, Title and Subject Cards

    Try a library-skills activity that focuses on identifying parts of card catalog cards.

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  • Discussion Guide for The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World

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    Discussion Guide for The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World

    Author Nathaniel Philbrick evokes the drama of the voyage of the Mayflower, the emptiness of coastal Massachusetts that…

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  • Activity: Muscles and Movement

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    Activity: Muscles and Movement

    Familiarize students with the scientific names of muscles in the human body through this activity. Students will use an…

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  • Chew on This Teacher's Guide

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    Chew on This Teacher's Guide

    Engage your students' interest in their health and well-being with the interdisciplinary activities in this teacher's…

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  • Henry Ford Biography: A Reading Warm-Up

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    Henry Ford Biography: A Reading Warm-Up

    In this printable reading warm-up, students read a short biography on Henry Ford and answer reading comprehension…

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  • Eyes Wide Open Teachers' Guide

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    Eyes Wide Open Teachers' Guide

    Expand students' understanding of environmental headlines with compelling nonfiction. Eyes Wide Open by Paul Fleischman…

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  • Teacher's Guide for Bomb: The Race to Build—And Steal—The World's Most Dangerous Weapon

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    Teacher's Guide for Bomb: The Race to Build—And Steal—The World's Most Dangerous Weapon

    Newbery Honor book Bomb: The Race to Build – And Steal – The World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin is an…

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  • And Tango Makes Three Educator's Guide

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    And Tango Makes Three Educator's Guide

    Promote discussion about the meaning of family with the resources in this educator's guide for And Tango Makes Three, a…

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  • The Omnivore's Dilemma Teacher's Guide

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    The Omnivore's Dilemma Teacher's Guide

    Get a fresh perspective on what we eat with this teacher's guide to Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural…

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  • Explore Elephants of All Kinds

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    Explore Elephants of All Kinds

    Try a printable science activity that focuses on elephantine facts.

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  • Reference Quest

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    Reference Quest

    Develop library-skills with an activity that focuses on reference tools.

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  • Summer Reading List for Teachers – Nonfiction

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    Summer Reading List for Teachers – Nonfiction

    Looking for a good book to read over the summer? This reading list includes descriptions and recommendations for…

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  • Literature & Math: Human Body

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    Literature & Math: Human Body

    Use these literature-based activities for Richard Walker's Human Body to integrate math with science. Students will…

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  • A Long Way Gone Teacher's Guide

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    A Long Way Gone Teacher's Guide

    In this startling memoir by a former child soldier, Ishmael Beah tells the harrowing story of fighting in Sierra Leone's…

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  • Educator's Guide to Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope

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    Educator's Guide to Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope

    Study the life of Barack Obama with the resources in this literature guide to Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of…

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  • Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of the Macy's Day Parade Educator's Guide

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    Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of the Macy's Day Parade Educator's Guide

    Share the story of Tony Sarg, puppeteer extraordinaire, by reading Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the…

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  • Teacher's Guide to Books by Jason Chin

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    Teacher's Guide to Books by Jason Chin

    Jason Chin's books make complex scientific concepts accessible to young readers. This teacher's guide to Chin's…

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  • The Ghost Map Readers Guide

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    The Ghost Map Readers Guide

    The Ghost Map tells the story of the 1854 London cholera epidemic, and how it changed science, cities, and the modern…

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  • No Summit Out of Sight Curriculum Guide

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    No Summit Out of Sight Curriculum Guide

    Take students on a mountain climbing adventure with Jordan Romero's teen memoir, No Summit Out of Sight: The True Story…

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  • Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do Educator's Guide

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    Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do Educator's Guide

    Share fun facts about 25 unusual animals with your students. Creature Features uses humor, illustrations, and a…

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  • Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle Activity & Discussion Guide

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    Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle Activity & Discussion Guide

    Introduce students to the three types of dung beetles and their vital role in the environment with a science picture…

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  • Three Cups of Tea & Listen to the Wind Discussion Guide

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    Three Cups of Tea & Listen to the Wind Discussion Guide

    Explore themes of peace and generosity as you discuss the story of Greg Mortenson and his journey to change the world.…

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